[What do you print for your walls? Share your fave wall prints here!]

7 hours ago, TrekRover said:

I've only done 2 prints so far. A ~5'x3' and a small 12"x12". I would like to do more prints but not enough space.

The big one was when I went to Paradise Bay, Antarctica and the small one is of the chinstrap penguin and chick.

How adorable! I know what you mean. I have very little wall space in my house! My studio has a bit more, but my house is all doors and windows! 

[What do you print for your walls? Share your fave wall prints here!]

23 hours ago, bmcdonough said:

Wow I'm imagining this on a tapestry and it is stunning!! I have a lot of images from other photographers I admire (and a couple of my own). Mostly wildlife and nature photographers. My mentor Dave Showalter takes incredible landscapes and I have this one of his in the place of honor above my fireplace: 

This is gorgeous!! 

[What do you print for your walls? Share your fave wall prints here!]

I am always interested in what other photographers put on their walls. Do you put family images? Pictures made by other photographers? Art from the store? What is on YOUR walls? Share below! 

I just ordered this image HUGE. 🙂 I am actually testing it on a tapestry and I am going to use liquid starch to apply it as a wall mural, which is a trick I learned moving a million times. I used to 'wallpaper' rentals by soaking fabric in starch and using a squeegee to apply like wallpaper. It dries and looks like wallpaper, but peels off really easy and you just wash the fabric and use again later. We will see if this works! If anyone knows a source for cotton tapestries in the USA I would be grateful. So far, I have only found poly and I am not sure how well it will work. 

 

[A World First!!! We've used Sony cameras to create 3D scans of live animals]

Ok, this is epic!!! 

[What is Bokeh in Photography? Everything You Should Know!]

My favorite bokeh lens is the 50 1.2. I am a huge bokeh lover! Thank you for the great article! 

[What’s In My Bag: Nadja Baumgartner’s Kit For Insect And Macro Photography]

Tell me more about your diffuser. Is this the one you have to have made custom for your camera and lens combo? 

[10h in San Francisco, enough to crash my drone :D]

I love this view so much. I especially like the winding road image. It really shows the character of the area! 

[Share Your Favorite Food Photo Challenge]

I used to shoot a lot more food. I LOVE food photography! 

[Share Your Favorite Food Photo Challenge]

10 hours ago, Tiny Moments Creative said:

Shall I start with my "Sweet tooth" menu ideas for Christmas yet?! 🤎🎄
Here comes my favorite vegan chocolate cake! With a snap or two of "in process" shots... 😊 
 

 

These are amazing! I love photographing bundt cakes! 

 

[New Nat Geo show featuring photographers]

Very cool! 

[If you were going to build a studio....]

What would you include? I may have the opportunity next year to build a studio that I may also rent to other photographers in the area. If you had a study/house what would it look like? Decor? Paint colors? I really want to hear everyone's opinions! 

[Embracing Lovely Dead Things]

As a botanical photographer, the change of seasons can be really hard. I love the full bloom of summer, but I live in a place where winter shrouds my existence for seven months out of the year. I have learned to embrace the 'dead' stages of things. I have heard this type of photography referred to as 'lovely dead crap', which always makes me laugh! If you love to photograph nature, you might want to try photographing once-beautiful things this way. The curls of the dried petals always call to me. It is like a dance frozen in time. 

 

[Time for another 'JPEG Project']

I have been doing a 'jpeg project' every year since 2010 or so. Way back then, jpegs were pretty terrible. Sony has given me a lot of options lately. Thank you to Tokyo for listening to me beg for more in-camera processing options! I am thoroughly in love with the Creative Looks that are available to us. My favorite is the 'IN' option, sometimes with fade and other times with it removed, plus warm white balance. This combo is not my typical style, which is deep depth-of-field with OCF, BUT it is super fun to go back to my shallow-depth-of-field-loving roots. 😂

The point of this project is to challenge myself to see what is around me and shoot within tight constraints. This includes shooting what is available, in available light and shooting with the understanding I won't be processing the images outside of cropping. I actually shoot with the square crop chosen in camera to aid this process. 

Are these up to my usual standards...no, as I am an obsessive editor, BUT I really enjoy the freedom this gives me. Constraints on creativity always spur on MORE creativity for me. 🙂 My hope is to let go of some of my perfectionism and appreciate nature with all of its imperfections---for a while anyway. 🙂

 

[Share Your Favorite ‘Grandscape’ Challenge]

mmm, ok. I need to shoot landscapes, lol! 

[Clubs in the forum]

I would love clubs around genre so we can connect with those shooting the same thing. 

[National Geographic Storytelling Grant]

On 9/13/2023 at 8:34 AM, bmcdonough said:

Hey everyone! 

I mostly work as a conservation photographer and the National Geographic grants have been an awesome way to fund some of my projects. The deadline isn't until April but they take quite a bit of work to pull everything together. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/grants-and-investments/?nav_click 

Is anyone considering applying for this? What project would you want to do? Let me know if I can answer any questions based on my application experience! 

Oh wow! Thank you for sharing!

[The Flower, Nature Macro and Garden Photography Thread! (Caroline Jensen)]

On 8/3/2023 at 6:29 PM, ST said:

It looks like this hornet is in trouble, but it seemed to be inspecting this tent. It walked around on it for a bit and then flew away.

ILCE-1 FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS 
600 mm  f/6.3  1/250 sec  ISO 640

ILCE-1 FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS 
600 mm  f/6.3  1/250 sec  ISO 500

Here's a better look at the tent.

ILCE-1 FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS 
600 mm  f/6.3  1/250 sec  ISO 500
 

So interesting! I'm glad it got away! 

[The Flower, Nature Macro and Garden Photography Thread! (Caroline Jensen)]

On 8/3/2023 at 12:49 AM, ST said:

Not what you'd expect from the FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS

ILCE-1 FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS 
600 mm  f/6.3  1/500 sec  ISO 160

For context

 

ILCE-1 FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS 
200 mm  f/5.6  1/500 sec  ISO 125

What a perfect lens for these shots! I have been shooting sunflowers like crazy for a project and these are awesome! 

[My Favorite Camera and 2 Lenses for Traveling Light for Landscape Photography: a7CR, 16-35 f/4G, 70-200 f/4GII Macro]

I love all those intense colors! It looks like you have a great set up perfect for packing light and yet capturing all the majesty! 

[Hello everyone, just wanted to introduce myself]

Very intense! Thank you for your service. I'm so glad photography is helping to let creativity heal (or at least buffer) so much trauma. 

[Sunrise and exposure compensation]

21 hours ago, ST said:

Hi, Caroline,

Thanks for your thoughts and ideas.

I shoot full manual often, but at this time of day, and with the FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS, I'm usually set up for birds in flight*, but the conditions change quickly. I noticed the sky and sensed this was a fleeting moment. So rather than turn the Settings dial to Manual, and then adjust Aperture and Shutter Speed, I composed the shot, and turned the Exposure Compensation to deal with the light. I use exposure compensation all the time for wildlife, so it's pretty intuitive for me.

Every day I walk around from an hour or two before dawn until an hour after sunrise. This is my favourite time of day to walk. This habit preceded photography for me, so my approach to light and exposure was shaped by that.  I usually start with the FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (often full manual), and as it gets lighter, I put the FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS on the A1 and add an A7 IV with the FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS for landscapes. This morning, with the threat of thunderstorms, I opted to stick with one camera.
 

* Birds in flight exposure settings for me are 
Aperture Priority 
ISO Auto and adjust the upper boundary to suit as it gets brighter
ISO Min Shutter Speed 100- ... this varies depending on how much light there is

I use the custom recall settings (1, 2, 3) and custom memory recall assigned to buttons to be ready for most things. 

Cheers!

 

 

 

Thank you for all of this! Very helpful. It's all tricky for sure! 

[The magnificent Sony A7RV]

I love the gentle gradation of colors in that sunrise! Just gorgeous! 

[what about this extra grown legs]

This is so incredibly sweet! 

[She's Afraid Of Bees....How We Got The Shot]

These are so beautiful! I used to be terrified of bees and became a beekeeper to challenge my fear. Now I adore them! 

[Peregrine Falcon]

I love the early morning light here! My friend is a falconer and I have learned so much about these amazing birds.